Entering championship week, we take a look back at conference title games of yesteryear. This weekend we'll see seven different conferences title games, while other conferences decide their champion by conference record. The recent round of realignment has resulted in the addition of three title games (Big Ten, Pac-12 and Mountain West), while the Big 12 got rid of its game in 2011.

– Of course the final year of the BCS brings great debate and drama. Says George Schroeder: "And as the last act of a famously flawed system — this time next year, we'll all be debating which four teams get into the College Football Playoff — it's a sort of perverse perfection."

– Dan Wolken says the BCS title game will show if strength of schedule actually matters. Among the five power conferences, no presumptive champions have played easier schedules than Florida State and Ohio State. There's really no right answer here.

This is how the final play started: Alabama kicker Adam Griffith came up short on a 57-yard field goal with one second left. Auburn's Chris Davis caught the kick and then ran into Iron Bowl history.
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